smerte

• smærte (obsolete)

From Middle Low German smerte.

smerte c (singular definite smerten, plural indefinite smerter)

1. pain
2. suffering
3. grief

From Middle Low German smerten, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną.

smerte (imperative smert, infinitive at smerte, present tense smerter, past tense smertede, perfect tense har smertet)

1. pain
2. grieve

   Synonym: bedrøve

3. ache

   Synonym: værke

smerte

1. Alternative form of smert
2. inflection of smert:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural

From smerten, as if Old English *smiertu, *smeortu.

• smarte, smert
• (early) smierte, smirte

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɛrt(ə)/, /ˈsmart(ə)/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈsmirt(ə)/

smerte (uncountable)

1. harm, pain, injury
2. distress, sadness
3. travail, difficulty

• English: smart
• Scots: smert

• “smert(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

smerte

1. Alternative form of smerten

From German Low German smerte.

smerte m (definite singular smerten, indefinite plural smerter, definite plural smertene)

1. an ache
2. a pain

• pine

• “smerte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German smerte.

• IPA^(key): /²smɛrtə/

smerte f (definite singular smerta, indefinite plural smerter, definite plural smertene)

1. an ache
2. a pain

• pine

• “smerte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.